Improvement in measures for the human body



'- T 'oenable others touudersta my improvemen t, 1`Willp'roceed.todescribe its.-

Gasol-regia: BEAM), or SALINEVILLm omo.l

iMPRovEMENTi-N MEASURES FoR THE I -iuli/IIAN BODY.

- Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 48,644, dated July 11,1865.

To valZ'.-giuliana 'it may L Beigk-nown that l'iu'evlle, inthecountyL-ot' Columbiana, in the .State'of Ohio,` have invented a newand Improved Measure for Tailors7 Use; and I hereby l declare' thatthe'following-js a full, clear, and

exactdescrption thereof, reference being Ahad'j Ato the .accompanyingdrawings, forming partE of this specification, and to the letters ofrefer- 'encemarked thereon.

' The'nature of my invention consists in forminganet or frame of elasticcords, and com-- ".biningtherewith agse'ries'of sliding scales so.arranged as thatwh'enplaced upon'the'person the elastccords willdrawthe measureclose @to the lvarious proportions of the body, the' sizeand shape being indicated bythe numerical gnres on the scales, by which,a lpersons measure may be taken `and .laid out'o'r drawnupo'n cloth or` othermaterial iusuch-'a manner asfto insurea perfectffit'.

nd and mate construction and operationv by. reference A'to -I Figure 1representsa portionof'myimproved measure as seen Lwhen -placeduponaperson. .-Fig. Zrepresents a froutviewof one ot: the sliding scales.'Fign is a longitudinal section ofthe same. i r

All the draw-ings 'are letteredfand similar letters denotecorrespondiiig-parts in thesev! eral views.

VTo construct one'ot my self-varying measureslvrst make a number ofthiu,.t'ubes,"B, of

, :leather or other pliable material, vupon which' :I stamp or otherwiseaftixa series of 'lgures running-from -25 to 4,8. Over eaclr of thesetubes so'grad'uatedl slip a cover or'another tube, A, o`f the samelength and material, but ofa'ditierent1eolor, and suciently large toallow the one having the gures o n to, .slide freely iu and out. Thetubes B, carrying the graduated scale O, being plaeed'within the cover'or outside tube, A, a gum-elastic' cord,

P, Fig-3, is passed through the center of both tubes, and there fastenedby clamping the outside end of each tube inclosing thel gum-elastic cordbetween two metalic disks, T R, drawn. :together by a short screw, S,passing through .the center of both. These disks, however, are madetosecure the ends of several tubes, as

indicated by Fig. 1,. the scales G always starting fromthose points orparts of the person that tailor's usually measure from.

In the drawings only a pant of the front is shown, which is deemedsufficienttoillustrate the principle, `as the measure of the back istaken by the tubes extending entirely around the person, the scales forthat purpose being constructed, arranged, and operated in everyrespectlike thoseexhibited.` Forl taking actual measurements thecout'ormator is put ou, somethinglikea'coat,aud may be fastened by:hooks down the back vorfront, as the case may rc quire, forindicating-.the `length of the a-riu thethumbis inserted in the loop D,which enables the person to drawout the scales in that drectiontshoningthe figures along thesleevc, while th efftalhe's and scales intendedforascer! tainingthelengthof-the leg are-drawn down by b eingattached to' a.short board or crosspiece, G, upon which`the'feetrest. l The tendf encyof the gu'tn` cot '5to contract and draw the scaleswithin their coverscauses the whole 'arrangement to t closelyto those parts re-'quiringactual measurement Without `regard to the size of the person.

'Having thus briefly described my inyention,

v"ern extensible measure for the human bony, applied thereto andoperated substantially as l herein described.

GEQRGE BEARD.

Witnesses: f A

Josua W..ELLs, JoHN M OKENNA'.

